79002 ROAD AND STREET ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & SURV. 1997
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Credit Points 1.00
Synopsis
This unit revises basic principles of road and street engineering which are
introduced in most undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) courses. The
unit also continues the development of principles and techniques of road and
street engineering to the post graduate level. Postgraduate development is
concentrated in the areas of pavement materials, pavement design, pavement
evaluation, traffic surveys and equipment, local area traffic management and
intersection design; and some aspects of bituminous surfacing, road
construction, traffic control measures and road design.